Thought traveler writes
I wonder what to believe.
Whether the world is really good or is it bad?
I want to believe in all the good things but there are bad things also.
My grandmother is a very old woman and a very wise one.
Once I was talking to her. I asked her, why does it seem that you had or have lesser worries and tensions than us? Have the time changed or is it that you are old and now you have become wise and relaxed? What is it?
Grandmother said that," no the times really do not change, there always were and always will be good and bad things in the world. It is what you choose to believe that matters. I have always believed that the normal state is happiness for every being, problems come and go, sometimes they seem to stay longer, but they still go; and so the moment problem goes away, I get back into my normal happy state. I think perhaps you think that problems are constant and happiness comes and goes, so you feel tension most of the time."
I have never forgotten that conversation with my grandmother.
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